British Broadside Ballads in Popular Tradition

American singer and folklorist Paul Clayton (1931–1967) became interested in ballads by hearing his grandparents and other relatives sing them. In college he went on folk song collecting expeditions, traveling throughout the United States as well as Great Britain and Western Europe, where he learned songs from field recordings and directly from singers. His additional research into BBC recordings and the collection of British broadsides at the Newberry Library in Chicago resulted in this album. Sung with guitar accompaniment, the recording contains 19 ballads which Clayton believed were representative of the vast amount of broadside material still found in oral tradition in 1957.
Liner notes include broadside lyrics alongside the traditional texts, to show the changes that have occured.
Track Listing
101
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When Cockle Shells Make Silver Bells | Paul Clayton | 3:12 | |
102
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Pleasant and Delightful | Paul Clayton | 3:03 | |
103
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Three Maidens to Milking Did Go | Paul Clayton | 1:44 | |
104
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The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Paul Clayton | 3:23 | |
105
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The Bold Thrasher | Paul Clayton | 1:44 | |
106
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My Grandmother | Paul Clayton | 1:41 | |
107
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The Lost Lady Found | Paul Clayton | 3:05 | |
108
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When Pat Came over the Hill | Paul Clayton | 2:55 | |
109
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The Dark-Eyed Sailor | Paul Clayton | 3:15 | |
201
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Jim, the Carter's Lad | Paul Clayton | 3:15 | |
202
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Geordie (Georgie) | Paul Clayton | 1:24 | |
203
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The Oyster Girl | Paul Clayton | 2:37 | |
204
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The Bold Fisherman | Paul Clayton | 2:02 | |
205
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Brian O'Lynn | Paul Clayton | 2:46 | |
206
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The Sweet Primroses | Paul Clayton | 2:41 | |
207
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Green Room | Paul Clayton | 3:07 | |
208
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Herchard of Taunton Dene | Paul Clayton | 1:48 | |
209
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The False-Hearted Knight | Paul Clayton | 3:42 | |
210
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The Indian Lass | Paul Clayton | 1:53 |